There’s no denying that this is a problem on a monumental scale, and
it’s only getting worse. Current estimates for the annual loss to the
electronics industry due to counterfeit components is north of $5
billion.

The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) has issued a
warning from its Chief Counsel, Robin Gray, on the increasing threat of
counterfeit parts getting into the supply chain during component
shortages.

I know, I know, you don’t want to hear that the prices of components
are going up. Or that lead-times are extending by the day. And of
course, that's assuming the supply chain has been able to quote a
lead-time in the first place.

LOS ANGELES – The owner of PRB Logics Corporation, an Orange
County-based seller of electronic components, was arrested this morning
on federal charges alleging he sold counterfeit integrated circuits,
some of which could have been used in military applications.

TOKYO -- China's state-backed investment in cutting-edge memory chips
could set global prices tumbling if output is not carefully controlled,
repeating the boom-and-bust pattern of markets such as display panels
and solar cells.

The European Union is currently working to update its legislation on
export controls for dual-use items, meaning items that can be used for
both civilian and military applications and/or can contribute to the
proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD).

NEWARK, N.J. - A Morristown, New Jersey, woman appeared in federal court
today to face charges for her alleged role in an international
procurement network that smuggled over $2 million worth of aircraft
components from the United States to Iran in violation of export control
laws, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

SOFIA (Reuters) - It is unlikely that five Bulgarians will be extradited
to the United States to face charges of exporting aircraft parts to
Syria’s national airline in violation of a U.S. embargo, Bulgarian chief
prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov said on Wednesday.